List of Foreign & Public Diplomacy articles
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg (not pictured) speak to the media on the second day of the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 12. Why Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Has Been Slower Than Expected
Former CIA analyst Andrea Kendall-Taylor with the big-picture view on Russia’s war in Ukraine.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko (R) enter the hall during the Supreme Economic Eurasian Council at the Kremlin on May 25, in Moscow. The Perils of Hosting Prigozhin in Belarus
Why welcoming the Wagner Group carries risks for Aleksandr Lukashenko’s rule.
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People sit in front of a damaged building in the occupied West Bank Jenin refugee camp on July 6. Recycling Old Ideas Won’t Avoid Another Jenin
Western experts are putting forward failed policies rather than reckoning with the damage Israeli apartheid has caused.
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People sit amid rubble along a street in the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. Why a Weak Abbas Is Dangerous for Israel
Without a strong and respected Palestinian Authority, Israel won’t accomplish its ambitious diplomatic goals or restore security.
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Two people wearing blue scrubs each hold a panda cub, roughly the size of a breadbox. The panda on the left has its eyes closed as it rests its chin on the person's arm. The panda on the right has its head tilted, and its pink tongue sticks out of its mouth. How China’s Panda Diplomacy Opened Hearts, Minds, and Borders
Beijing’s strategy isn’t always black and white—except when it is.
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A man walks down a dirt road as smoke billows in southern Khartoum. Support Sudan’s Revolution, Not an Elite Peace Deal
Foreign powers’ obsessive focus on a transition process empowered generals and weakened democracy activists, paving the way to war.
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Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian shakes hands with his Saudi counterpart, Faisal bin Farhan, in Tehran. The Middle East Might Be Moving Toward Stability
Heightened great power competition is allowing nations to make deals in their own best interests.
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Beijing. Anti-China Rhetoric Distracts Washington—and Boosts Beijing
Panic and fear should not drive U.S. foreign policy.
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (right) looks on as U.S. President Joe Biden (center) greets Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as they arrive for a G-7 meeting at Elmau Castle in southern Germany. Is India Taking Advantage of America?
As Modi visits Biden at the White House, a look inside the relationship between the world’s two biggest democracies.
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman leaves an event at Keio University in Tokyo, Japan. OpenAI’s CEO Goes on a Diplomatic Charm Offensive
Sam Altman’s global travels may be more opportunistic than altruistic.
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A group of officials sit at a wooden table in front of a large wall mural depicting a rural scene of a foggy green landscape with mountains and a lake. Chinese President Xi Jinping sits at the head of the table, facing U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who sits to his right. China Isn’t Buying Biden’s Balancing Act
Antony Blinken’s frosty reception demonstrates the limits of Washington’s China strategy.
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An armed Sudanese rebel is silhouetted against a blazing fire as he arrives at the abandoned village of Chero Kasi after Janjaweed militiamen set it ablaze. Sudan’s Ghosts of Darfur Come Back to Haunt It
The civil war between two rival generals has rekindled bloodshed, bad blood, and ethnic tensions in the tinderbox of Darfur.
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Three staff members prep Kate Wyler (played by Keri Russell) for a photo shoot in the first episode of The Diplomat. One woman wearing a short-sleeved blue dress adjusts her earrings, another, in a gray vest and slacks, applies rouge, and a third peeks out from behind her as she adjusts her wide-sleeved dress with a fitted bodice and skirt. Wardrobe Diplomacy
What Netflix’s ‘The Diplomat’ gets right about the politics of fashion.
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The U.S. and Chinese flags stand behind a microphone for a press conference at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. The Next Global Superpower Isn’t Who You Think
What happens when the world is no longer unipolar, bipolar, or even multipolar?
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with U.S. President Joe Biden during the G-20 leaders' summit in Nusa Dua, Indonesia, on Nov. 15, 2022. India and the U.S. Can Together Make Tech More Accessible to All
A strategic partnership of two great democracies will counter the rising influence of techno-authoritarians.
